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Recently, copying and pasting images from the Internet into my Word or Outlook document/e-mail stopped working.

Instead of showing the actual image, it inserts a white square. This is how it looks (yes, there is an image below):
https://i.sstatic.net/5Y4F4.jpg

Note that other pictures are displayed properly. I'm NOT using the option to replace all images with white squares and black lines around them:

http://imgsrv.worldstart.net/images/ct-images/2012/02/word_pic_placeholder_option.jpg

A workaround would be saving the image to the disk and then dragging and dropping the file from the explorer into Word. I do not want that since it unnecessarily wastes my time.

Can you tell me why this is happening and how I can make it stop?

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  • Does it do the same thing if you log into the computer as a different user? How about if you try it while booted in Safe Mode? Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 15:00
  • I'm the only user (administrator) and if I boot Windows in Safe Mode it won't recognize my Office license and refuses the run the application. In case you meant the Word Safe Mode using winword /safe command, the issue persists Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 15:58
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    Create a new user and try with that one. I'm trying to help you narrow it down to whether its a system-wide problem, or just something about your user account. I did mean Windows' Safe Mode, but knowing you tried winword /safe helps too. :) Exactly which version of Office/Word 2013 are you using? Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 17:13
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    @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007: On a new user account it works fine, the image can be pasted normally. The version is Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013. How do I reset it? Deleting the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word did not work, just like deleting the C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates folder. Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 20:39

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To solve this issue in Word 2016, I found Paste Special (Alt + Ctrl + V). This lets you choose to paste as Bitmap.

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